yeah but rissa, if God created a "fully grown" earth, then it would be an earth with the appearance of age, just as adam and eve had age. there would be fossils. i'm not discounting scientific method in calculating the age of fossils (and etc), simply saying that the things they're dating were possibly put there in creation.

i'm not asking you to believe that, but there is logic to it. logic which requires belief in a Creator, yes, but..*shrugs*. whatever. :)